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Just wondering if anybody could comment on the number:

FA44679 020LO

stamped on the right front of the engine block of a 73 stingray.

Thanks, Davis
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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 06:51 PM
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Doesn't look like anything applied at the engine factory or on the car assembly line. Maybe a rebuilder's stamp?
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Doesn't look like anything applied at the engine factory or on the car assembly line. Maybe a rebuilder's stamp?

with Mike. He knows his cars
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